Improvement in water-elevators



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L. TAYLOR .& J. O RIGHARDSON. WATER ELEVATOR.

Patented Oct. 19, 1869.

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L. TAYLOR & J. C. RICHARDSON. WATER ELEVATOR.

No. 95,953. Patented Oct. 19,1869.

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L; TAYLOR, or JORDAN, AND J. c. RICHARDSON, or PRAIRIE DU GHIEN,

' Wisconsin.

IMPROVEM ENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part oi LcttersPatentNo. 95,953, datedOctober 19,

To aJZ whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, L. TAYLOR, of Jordan, in the county of Green and State of Wisconsin, and J. O.'RIOHARDSON, of Prairie du Ghien,

- in the county of Crawford and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Water-Drawing Apparatus; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.-

This invention relates to improvements in apparatusfor drawing water in buckets from' springs or wells situated at long distances from where the water is to bedelivered.

, The object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient apparatus to be automatically operated bythe turning of a crank, to draw the water, convey it to the place for de- 'livery, and to deliver it.

The invention comprises an improved arrangement for drawing water from springs,

-- where the buckets do not have to descend vertically, as in a well, in which arrangement two sets of the carrying apparatus and buckets are employed, one to go forward full while the other goes back empty; also,-an improved ar-. rangement of apparatus for drawing from .wells, adapted for a vertical descent and ascent of the bucket after the carriage arrives over the well.

Figure 1 represents an elevation, partly in 'section, of the apparatus as adapted for drawin from as rin Fi 2 re resents a lan view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a sec: tional elevation of the apparatus as adapted for drawing from a well. Fig. 4represents a section taken on the line 00 :0 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a section taken on the line y y of Fig. 3.,

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A represents the spring from which the water is to be. drawn.

Brepresents the place of delivery, which may'be supposed to be inside the wall 0 of a house.

' D, 1, Sheet I, represents atrack of wire rods suitably suspended on posts or otherwise between the two points'Aand B.

E represents a balanced track,'bent upward and pivoted at F. This balanced trackis for the purpose of allowing two cars to pass, one

going down and the other going up.

G H represent the cars. These cars are connected, and to a double pulley, I, and a pulley, K, at the spring by a cord, L. This cord is connected at one end to the groove M of the pulley I,so as to wind thereouwhen turned to the right. to ear G, thence around guide pulley K to car H, thence back over guide-pulley Nto groove 0 of winding-pulley I, so as to wind thereon when turned to the left.

and car H up, andvice Versa. In going down carG passes over the balanced track E, and

will be about over the pivot F, when'thevcar I move in opposite'directionsl These cars carry buckets P,suspended 011 trunnions of arms Q,

between the tracks. The buckets havevalves .R for closing the openings while passing along the road. These valves are opened by'springpins S, passing under :a guide, T, at the delivery. The buckets are tiltedior discharging by pins U on the buckets striking against arms B rising from the receiving-trough.

In the apparatus for drawing from a well, a

similar-track, C, Fig. 3, Sheet II, is used; but it is arranged, as is'required in some.

'places, for rising up a hill and. then passing along a level plain for the balance of theroute,

under whicharrangemeut it' is necessary to provide some means for carrying the bucket back over the saidlevel portion, it n0t :being convenient to, employ two buckets in a well and an arrangement of ropes, as above de v scribed in the arrangement adapted to springs. The device'which we have provided for this purpose consists of wweighted shaft or roller, a,v arranged on posts at the end of the level It passes over guide-pulleyN to The turning of this winding-drum to the left will draw car G down part'of the route, and a bar, I), connected to a pulley on the said roller a by a cord, 0 and and carryit along, Winding up the cord of the weight, which, whenthe bucket is discharged and the power detached from the crank-wheel I, will react upon the car, drawing it back and discharging it over the crest 0 f the inclined part of the'track, whereon its movement will be continued by gravitation to the well. The rod b is arrested at the proper time by contact with the posts f under the pins 9. In this arrangement the rope L, passing over a guidepulley, N, in the wall of the house, is passed over a guide-pulley, h, on the car, (shown in dotted lines in 'Fig. 3, Sheet II,) thence under another pulley, i, on a stem, k, by which the bucketis suspended fromthe car, thence over anotherpulley, '5 (shown dotted, and then fastened to the float .m of the bucket, as shown at 1. To this stem is a float, m, is connected so as to hang under the car, and from'this, inside of guides n, the bucket is suspended on trunnions spring-levers t, which are pressed in to withdraw the pins and disengage the bucket bythe moving of the car into the contracted space between the projections c of the frame. At the same timethe top of the stem passes under the inclined plate w and raises it over a ledgeor projection, 01, behind which it drops or clutches to hold or look the car while the bucket goes down into the well, which is permitted by the slackening 'up of the rope L, allowing the bucket to rundown to the water and fill. It is tilted for dipping bybeing journaled eccentrically in the guides 11. A. spring-cover, 4v,

closes the mouth of the bucket after filling, The windingup of the rope will first draw the bucket up and engage it with the car. At the same time the stemk will throw the catch w up away from the ledge d, leaving the car tree to be drawn up the track bythe combined winding of the rope.

At A, outside of the house, wehave arranged a watering-trough for animals, with a tilting dischargen'B hinged'to the side of it, and provided with a bell crank and cord, 0 for tilting it up into the path of the bucket P, 'so that when required the water may be discharged into the said trough. The said discharger B is provided with bent arms D, which, when tilted up into the right position, will catch the pins of the bucket and cause it to discharge.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the double-grooved winding-wheel I, cord L, cars G H, track D, and balanced track E, when arranged and operating=snbstantially as specified.

2. The combination of the cars G or H, buckets P, spring-pins S, valves R, and guides T T, when arranged and operating substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the track 0, Fig. 3. card, weighted roller 01, bar I), and cord 0, when arranged and operating substantially as specified.

4. Thecombination of the car d, having a ledge, d, stem k,'and hinged catch-plate w, when arranged substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the car d, spring-levers t, with their pins, stem k, and contracting blocks a, when arranged and operating substantially as specified.

6. The con'ibinatiomwith the card and bucket P, of the watering-trough A and tilting discharger B", substantially as specified.

- L. TAYLOR. J. C. RICHARDSON.

\Vitnesses:

E. R. COPELAND, M. J. COPELAND. 

